For those who celebrate the holiday, I wish you a Happy Easter. It’s my favorite holiday because it marks the start of spring and offers an invitation for renewal.

Here are a few Easter themed poems from the Poetry Foundation website:

Easter by Jill Alexander Essbaum

Easter

is my season
of defeat.

Though all
is green

and death
is done,

I feel alone.
As if the stone

rolled off
from the head

of the tomb
is lodged

in the doorframe
of my room,

and everyone
I’ve ever loved

lives happily
just past

my able reach.
And each time

Jesus rises
I’m reminded

of this marble
fact:

they are not
coming back.

I like this following poem, but I need to look up most of the words on Dictionary dot com. The last three lines are the most meaningful to me.

Easter by Peter Fallon 

The first forsythia;
daffodils;
gorse or whins or furze
on hills,

in hedges.
Late winter aconite;
dandelions; primroses
challenging the light

of Easter morning.
The lesser celandine;
a yellow fertilizer
bag define

spring in our steps.
I love my children
and my wife.
Rise all again and again.

And I will add one of my own:

Resurrection Needs Repeating

Sinning doesn’t stop
After Easter Sunday passes.
My transgressions keep
Christ pinned to that cross
365 days a year.